LAS CRUCES >> The Las Cruces man knocked off his bicycle and seriously injured in a hit-and-run last week has died.

Terence Patrick Havey, 57, died over the weekend, Las Cruces police learned Saturday, after he was taken off life support at University Medical Center in El Paso, according to an LCPD news release issued Monday.

Havey suffered severe head injuries, according to scanner traffic, in last Wednesday's crash. He was riding his bicycle in the 1800 block of Valley Drive, just south of Boutz Road, when a large, red pickup truck hit him, police believe.

Authorities have been searching for the driver since then. Monday LCPD announced that Crime Stoppers had doubled its reward - to $2,000 - for information that helps identity the person behind the wheel of a newer model, GMC or Chevrolet truck, with an extended cab or four full doors.

For the past several years, Havey lived in a group facility operated by the Mesilla Valley Community of Hope, an organization that serves the homeless. Nicole Martinez, the executive director of the Community of Hope, once worked as Havey's case manager. She said Monday he was a "kind man."

They shared musical talents, both playing guitar.

"Every time I saw him, we'd talk," said Martinez, who noted that Havey left the home about a year ago. "He'd always ask when we would play guitars together. Unfortunately, we never did.

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Martinez said Havey had been in Las Cruces about five years, but had family back East. In the time Havey lived in the area, she said, he had been a student at New Mexico State University.

He "was doing good," the last time Martinez saw him, she said. It was about three weeks ago, and both were on their bicycles. She described Havey as an experienced rider.

Havey's death bares a tragic resemblance to that of Ricardo Duarte.

In October 2010, Duarte was riding his bike on Valley Drive - further north than Havey - when a minivan struck him and left him bleeding in the road. Duarte, who also struggled with homelessness, died the next day. He was 58.

Thanks to the help of nearby red light cameras, investigators found the minivan's driver in that case. Eventually three women were convicted of failing to stop in that incident.

There were no such cameras in operation Wednesday to capture video of the red truck, LCPD spokesman Dan Trujillo said.

An off-duty LCPD officer reportedly saw the pickup moments after the crash, near Main Street.

If you have information that could help identify the driver, or the location of the red pickup, call Las Cruces Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or send a tip via text message to CRIMES (274637), keyword LCTIPS.

The Crime Stoppers number and text messaging services are operational 24 hours a day and you do not have to give your name to collect a reward, officials said.

Havey's death marks the city's fourth traffic fatality of the year, Trujillo said.

It is Las Cruces' third fatality involving a bicycle-vehicle crash since 2008.

Saturday morning an El Paso man riding his bike on New Mexico State Road 136, near Anthony N.M., was struck and killed by an off-duty Border Patrol agent. That crash remains under investigation by New Mexico State Police, according to the El Paso Times.